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March 18 1924. 1,487,578

E. H. KIRKPATRICK BLOCK Filed April 14 1922 I NVENTOR Patented Mar. 18,1924.

UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE. v

BLOCK.

' Application filed April 14, 1922 Serial No. 552,492.

ments to afford the block maximum strength, i

one of which elements is especiallyformed or designed to accommodate atie wire for holding the blocks in position.

The nature and advantages of the invention willbe better understood whenthe following detailed description is read in connection-with theaccompanying drawings, the inventlon residmg m the construction,

combinatiomand arrangement of parts as v claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this application, like numerals ofreference indicate "similar parts in the several views," and whereinFigure 1 is a through one of the blocks showing the arraggement of thereinforcing elements.

- 1 through a wall, partly constructed with the blocks forming. thesubjectmatter of this invention. I 7

Referring to the drawings -'in detail, A indicates a block constructedin accordance with the present invention, the block being constructed ofcement or the like and provided with a crushed rock veneer face 1 0.

40 The block maybe of any dimension without departing from the spirit ofthe inven--,

tion.

longitudinal sectional view gure 2 is a vertical sectional view takenThe crushed rock or the like is placed in a. form, and the crevicesbetween the rocks are filled with smaller rocks, after which the ce-'ment is bouredinto the form. The reinforcing elementlti is arranged inthe cement to extend longitudinally of the block and immediatelyadjacent theveneer face, while the reinforcing element 17 is alsoembedded in the cement in s aced parallel relation to the element 16.owever, the element 17 is formed to provide spaced eyes or loops 18which project from the rear face of the block to accommodate tie wiresor the like 19. When the block is removedfrom the form, it requires nowashing or any'further work, and it isrea-dy to be. placed upon thewallQO as shown in Eigure 1. T hetie wires 19 are passed through theeyes 18 of the reinforcing element above referred to,

, and the blocks effectively held in position upon the wall as shown. v

While it is b lieved that from the foregoing description, the nature andadvantages of the invention will-be readily a parent, I desire to haveit understood that do not limit myself to what, is herein shown anddescribed, and that such chan es may be resorted to when desired as' allwithin the 7 scope of what is claimed.

What I claim is: k The combination with a buildin block havinga crushedrock veneer face, 0 spaced reinforcing elements embedded in the blockand extending longitudinally thereof, one oi-the elements being formedwith eyes which project beyond one face of the block for a slightdistance and tie rods provided with eyes coaoting with the firstnientioned eof eyes for holding the blocks in walled fors mation.Intestimony. whe f I aflix m si ature; l v

EMERSON H. KIRK? T

